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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Păl′lid, a. p. 941Deficient in color; not high colored; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.Pal-lid'i-ty, n. p. 941The quality of being pallid; paleness; pallidness.Pā'lid-ly, adv. p. 941Palely; wanly.Păl'li-dness, n. p. 941Paleness; wanness.Păl'li-o-brāŋ'chi-ate, a. p. 941(Zoöl.) Having the pallium or mantle acting as gills, as in brachio-pod mollusks. Dana.Păl'li-ŭm, n. p. 941(Anc. Costume.) A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks, corresponding to the toga of the Romans. 2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) An archbishop’s pall. See PALL.Pall-mall', n. p. 941A game once common in England, but now disused, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet or club through an arch or ring of iron placed at the end of a walk. The person who drove the ball…Păl'lor, n. p. 941Paleness; pallidity.Pālm (päm), n. p. 941The inner part of the hand; the interior part of the metacarpus from the wrist to the base of the fingers. 2. A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist…Pālm, v. t. p. 941To handle or touch with the hand. Prior. 2. To conceal in the palm of the hand. They palmed the trick that lost the game. Prior. 3. To impose by fraud; to put off by unfair means; — especially with…Pal-mā'ceous, a. p. 941(Bot.) Belonging to the palm tribe.Păl'mā Chris'ti p. 941(Bot.) The castor-oil plant;—so called from its hand-shaped leaves.Pāl'mar or Pāl'ma-ry, a. p. 941Belonging to the palm; pertaining to the interior of the hand. 2. Having the breadth of a palm.Pāl'ma-ry, a. p. 941Worthy of the palm; pre-eminent; superior; palmy; chief.Pāl'mate, n. p. 941(Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of palmic acid with a base.Pāl'mate or Pāl'mā-ted, a. p. 941Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread; especially, (a.) (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the…Păl'mate-ly, adv. p. 941In a palmate manner.Pal-māt'ĭ-fīd, a. p. 941(Bot.) Palmate, but having the divisions only half way through.Păl'ma-tĭ-sēct'ed, a. p. 941(Bot.) Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, when the parenchyma is interrupted.Pălm'-cāb'/bage, n. p. 941See CABBAGE-TREE.Pālmed, a. p. 941Having or bearing a palm or palms. Palmed deer, a deer of full growth, and bearing palms. See PALM, 4. “The proud, palmed deer.” Drayton.Pām'er, n. p. 941One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice. 2. A wandering religious votary; especially, one who visited the Holy Land and its sacred places, and bore a branch of palm in token thereof; an…Pälm’er-worm, n. p. 941A kind of hairy worm; — a name loosely applied to various hairy caterpillars which travel or wander, as it were, like a palmer or pilgrim, and devour leaves and herbage; — applied also to other…Pal-mĕt'to, n. p. 941(Bot.) (a.) A species of palm-tree growing in the West Indies and Southern United States, of the genus Chamaerops (C. palmetto). (b.) A palm of the genus Areca; the cabbage-tree. See CABBAGE-TREE.Pālm'-house, n. p. 941A glass house for raising palms and other tropical productions.Pāl'mie, a. p. 941(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmine; as, palmic acid.Pal-mīf'er-ōs, a. p. 941Bearing palms.Păl'mi-grāde, a. p. 941(Zool.) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some animals. Hitchcock.Păl'mīne, n. p. 941(Chem.) A white, waxy substance, obtained from castor-oil.Păl’mi-pĕd, a. p. 941Having the toes connected by a membrane; web-footed, as a water-fowl.Păl'mi-pĕd, n. p. 941(Ornith.) A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet, or the toes connected by a membrane.Păl'mis-ter, n. p. 941One who deals in palmistry, or pretends to tell fortunes by the palm of the hand.Păl'mis-try, n. p. 941The pretended art or practice of divining or telling fortunes by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand. He expected, of course, a display of her skill in palmistry. W. Scott. 2. An action or…Pal-mit'ic, a. p. 941(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, palm-oil; as, palmitic acid.Pălm'-oil, n. p. 941A vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil-palm (Elæis Guineensis), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. McCulloch.Pälm'-sug'ar, n. p. 941See JAGGERY.Pälm'-Sŭn'day, n. p. 941(Eccl.) The Sunday next before Easter; — so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way.Pälm'-tree, n. p. 941A palm. See PALM, 6.Pälm'-wīne, n. p. 941A beverage made from the juice of several varieties of palm-tree.Pälm'-worm, n. p. 941(Zoöl.) An American species of centiped, about twelve inches in length, which inflicts painful wounds. Buchanan.Pălm'y, a. p. 941Bearing palms. 2. Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous; victorious. “The high and palmy state of the monarchy of France.” Burke.Pal-mȳ'ră Pălm. p. 941A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis), having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of…Păl'my-rēne', n. p. 941(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Palmyra.Păl'my-rēne', a. p. 941(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Palmyra or its inhabitants.Pălp, n. p. 941(Entom.) A jointed, sensiferous organ, attached in pairs to the back or side of the lower jaw in many insects; a feeler.Pălp, v. t. p. 941To have a distinct or plain touch or feeling of; to feel. [Obs.] “To bring a palped darkness o’er the earth.” Heywood.Păl'pa-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 941The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch.Păl'pa-ble, a. p. 941Perceptible by the touch; capable of being felt; as, a palpable substance; palpable darkness. 2. Easily perceptible; plain; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable phenomena; a…Păl'pa-ble-ness, n. p. 941The quality of being palpable; plainness; obviousness; grossness.Păl'pa-bly, adv. p. 941In a palpable manner; plainly; obviously. Clodius was acquitted by a corrupt jury that had palpably taken shares of money. Bacon.Pal-pā'tion, n. p. 941The act of touching or feeling.Pal-pā'tor, n. p. 941(Entom.) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary feelers or palps. Brande.Păl'pe-bral, a. p. 941Pertaining to the eye-brow.Păl'pe-brōws, a. p. 941Having large eyebrows. Smart.Păl'pi-fōrm, a. p. 941Having the form of palpi, or feelers.Pal-pĭg'er-oŭs, a. p. 941Bearing palpi, or feelers. Kirby.Păl'pi-tāte, v. i. p. 942To beat rapidly and excitedly, or more strongly than is usual, as the heart; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; to go pit-a-pat; — often applied to a…Păl'pi-tā'tion, n. p. 942A beating of the heart; especially, a violent, irregular, and unnatural beating or pulsation excited by violent action of the body, by fear, fright, or disease.Păl'pus, n. p. 942(Entom.) A palp or feeler.Pal'grave, n. p. 942A count or earl who has the superintendence of the king’s palace; a count palatine.